In total; 19 fixtures are done and Real Salt Lake are 6 points on top of Minnesota United. How will it turn out?
- Real Salt Lake have the most conceded goals in the first half (14) in Major League Soccer
- Minnesota United have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in Major League Soccer
Minnesota United have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
The hosts Real Salt Lake saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Major League Soccer. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at St. Louis City.
Real Salt Lake form and stats
Real Salt Lake's struggle is real here at Rio Tinto Stadium with only 9 points collected from 9 Major League Soccer games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-3-4.
Happy days for Real Salt Lake in their previous game, a fixture away at St. Louis City (placed 2nd) that ended with a 3-1 victory. Kreilach, a striker, was the best player for the side in that match, collecting a rating of 8.44 (out of 10). Kreilach scored two goals and had 21 successful passes (of 23 total).
Before that match, a win away at DC United.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Salt have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 23 games) they have won 10 times, drawn 6 and lost 7.
Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 14 goals have been conceded.
Minnesota United form and stats
As the visiting team in Major League Soccer matches, Minnesota United have produced an overall stat of 4-0-6 so far. Minnesota United seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Two away games in a row for Minnesota, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-4 versus Montreal Impact. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Montreal Impact was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind. Reynoso got a match rating of 7.72 in that game, top player of the team. Reynoso hit six key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 31 successful passes (of 34 total).
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Toronto.Minnesota United are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 8 wins, 4 draws and 10 defeats. From a total of 22 matches.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Minnesota United as they have only managed to score 9 times from 10 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Minnesota have conceded 16 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
This was the result when the sides met earlier this season; Minnesota United - Real Salt Lake 1-1. Stats for the last ten meetings featuring these two squads are: two wins for Real Salt Lake, five draws and three wins for Minnesota United. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.
Top Goalscorers
  P. Ruíz 4 goals |  D. Kreilach 4 goals |  J. Savarino Quintero 4 goals |
Real Salt Lake missing players
Minnesota United missing players
| Real Salt Lake | Minnesota United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 17 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 23 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | 15 |
| 29 | 14 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 16 | 22 |
| 79% | 67% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 79% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 60% | 65% |
| 68% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | 41% |
| 37% | 44% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 20% | 12% |
| 11% | 11% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 10% | 6% |
| 58% | 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 40% | 53% |
| 21% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 30% | 29% |
| 42% | 56% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 30% | 24% |
| 5.2 | 6.3 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
| 4.1 | 2.9 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6 | 5.7 |
| 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.6 | 18 | 19.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.7 | 11.3 | 12.6 |
| 5.8 | 6.3 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.2 | 3.9 |
| 21% | 16% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 21% | 22% |
| 12.8 | 11.1 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.7 | 14.2 | 13.6 |
| 4.3 | 4.1 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4 | 3.8 |
- Minnesota United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Minnesota United have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in Major League Soccer
- Minnesota United have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in Major League Soccer
- Minnesota United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Real Salt Lake have the most conceded goals (14) at home in Major League Soccer
- Real Salt Lake have the most conceded goals in the first half (14) in Major League Soccer
- Real Salt Lake have the the worst goal difference (-5) at home in Major League Soccer
- Real Salt Lake have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Real Salt Lake have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Los Angeles FC | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 32 |
| 2 | St. Louis City | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 35 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 29 |
| 3 | Seattle Sounders | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 28 |
| 4 | Houston Dynamo | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 27 |
| 5 | SJ Earthquakes | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -2 | 27 |
| 6 | Dallas | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -1 | 26 |
| 7 | Real Salt Lake | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 15 | -6 | 26 |
| 8 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 22 |
| 9 | Austin | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -6 | 22 |
| 10 | Portland Timbers | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -5 | 21 |
| 11 | Sporting KC | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -6 | 21 |
| 12 | Minnesota United | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -7 | 20 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -13 | 14 |
| 14 | Colorado Rapids | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -13 | 13 |
